Rail-fastening.



J. A HITZERT.

RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED mun. 1909.

. 939,419. Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

,9 17-4 F vg amma V606 JACOB I-IIITZEBZT, or 'ONAWAYYI, ivifoHIGAN.

RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters'latent.

-Patented Nov. 9, 1969.

Application filed July 17, 1909, Serial No. 508,193.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Hrrznn'r, citizen of the United States,residing at Onaway, in the county of Presque Isle and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail Fasteningaof which thefollowing is a specification. a

My invention pertains to means for seating railway-rails andfastening'the same to sleepers of various descriptions; and itcontemplates the provision for said purposes of easily applied andinexpensive means calculated to elfectually prevent spreading orturning-over of rails. I

With the foregoing in mind, theinvention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claims when the same are read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming specification, inwhich: Y o

Figure 1 is a transverse section-illustrating seating and fasteningmeans constructed in accordance with my invention, as properly arrangedrelative to a sleeper and a' rail. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section takenin the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking downwardly.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base plate comprised in my improvements.Fig. 4 is a" detail section, taken in the plane indicated by the line4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation illustrative of the manner inwhich two adjacent rail-holding members at the same side of therails maybe connected by andformed integral with a longitudinallydisposed plateadapted to serve after the manner of a fish-plate in connecting theadjoining ends of two rails. Fig. 6 is a view like Fig. 1, taken in theplane indicated by the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring by letter to the said drawings and more particularly to Figs.1 to 4, thereof: A is a sleeper of any suitable construction andmaterial, and B is a rail arranged relative to the sleeper in theconventional manner. Inter-posed between the sleeper and the rail is thebase plate 0 of myimprovements. The said base plate is provided with aertures a and b or other suitable apertures for the passage of fasteningspikes c, and is also provided with notches 03. These latter are formedin the upper side of the plate, adjacent the ends thereof, and extend inthe direction of the width of the plate, as shown in Fig. 3. The baseplate is also r provided with vertically disposed apertures e, of a sizefor the passage of bolt heads part of this hereinafter described, andfrom the said bolt holesc grooves f and slots 9 extend toward the centerof the plate; the said grooves fbei-ng formed in the underside of theplate and the slots gin the upper side of the plate, as willbereadily-understood by comparison of Figs. 3, and 4. I Arranged on thebase plate C and on the .base of the rail at opposite sides of the webthereof are the holding members D of my novel means. The said holdingmembers have their inner portions shaped to fit over the rail base "andform abutments for the edges ofsaid base, and ontheir outer portions,which are preferably. though not necessarily bifurcated as indicated byh, the members are provided with depending terminals i,'designed toseatin the notches cl of the base plate with a view of preventingmovement of the members in opposite directions and in that way removingstrain from the connecting bolts E. The outer portions of the holdingmembers D are preferably bifurcated as stated in order to render saidmembers light without impairing their efliciency for the purpose stated{and it will be noted by reference to Fig. 1 that the upper sides of the'inner portions of the members are inclined upwardly toward the web ofthe rail. The bolts E are arranged with their heads in the grooves f ofthe base plate C and their shanks extending upwardly through the baseslots 9 and the apertures j in the members D, and on the upper portionsof the bolts are arranged nuts F, between which and the members Dresilient washers G are interposed. By reason of the relativearrangement of parts as described, it will be noted that the bolts E maybe placed with their heads in the openings e, and then the bolts may bemoved inwardly, the bolt heads moving in the grooves f, and the boltshanks moving in the slots 9. With the bolts properly positioned themembers D are placed to receive the bolts in their apertures j, afterwhich the resilient washers G and the nuts F are applied in the orderstated.

l/Vith the parts arranged as hereinbefore set forth, it will be manifestthat the rail will be securely held down on the base plate C, and thatthe members D will reinforce both sides of the rail web and base andconsequently will eifectually prevent lateral movement of the rail ineither direction and will also preclude any tendency of the rail to turnover.

When deemed expedient, the holding members D at the same side of twomeeting rails B, may be joined through the medium of a longitudinallydisposed plate H, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and the said plate H, whichis preferably integral with the members D may be used as a joint betweenthe two rails, as illustrated. I would also have it understood that whendeemed desirable holding members of the kind shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may,without involving departure from the scope of my claimed invention, becarried a suitable distance up the rail web, and may be connectedthereto by a transverse bolt, to brace and prevent spreading or turningof rails.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my improvements are simpleand adapted to be easily applied, and that when repairs are necessarythe same may be made with as much facility as when ordinary rail seatingand fastening means are employed.

The constructions herein illustrated and described constitute the bestpractical embodiments of my invention that I have as yet devised, but itis obvious that in the future practice of the invention such changes ormodifications may be made as do not involve departure from the scope ofmy invention as defined in the claims appended.

Having described by invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is:

1. In means for the purpose described, the combination of a base platehaving suitably spaced notches in its upper side and extending in thedirection of and throughout its width and also having verticallydisposed apertures, spaced from said notches, and grooves andcomparatively narrow slots extending inwardly from the said apertures;

said grooves being formed in the under side of the plate and said slotsin the upper side thereof, a rail arranged on said base plate andbetween the said notches thereof, apertured rail-holding membersarranged on the base plate and the base of the rail and extending fromthe web of the rail in opposite directions and having dependingterminals at their outer ends disposed in the said notches of the baseplate and at opposite sides of the said slots, bolts having their headsdisposed in the said grooves of the base plate and their shanksextending upwardly through the slots in the base plate and the aperturesin the holding members, and means on the bolts for holding the holdingmembers thereto.

2. In means for the purpose described, the combination of spacedsleepers, base plates arranged thereon and having spaced notches intheir upper sides and extending in the direction of their width, railssuperposed on said base plates and arranged end to end, rail-holdingmembers arranged on and conneeted with the base plates and also arrangedon the bases of the rails and extending between the rail webs and thesaid notches and having de aending terminals disposed in the latter, antlongitudinally disposed plates disposed at opposite sides of andconnected with the rail webs and extending between and joining theholding members on the spaced sleepers and base plates.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JACOB HITJERT.

lVitnesses Gno. \V. Cnuwrrznn, VnRnoN W. PORTER.

